Directions:This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
Jack was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near home, and then he sold what he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had no schooling,for being so poor, how could they afford school fees.
When he was fifteen, he worked as a servant at a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt ashamed of himself. How he wished to have the same chance! He decided to study by himself. From then on, in the daytime, he would stand by the window outside trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he had learned during the day. He worked so hard at the lesson that he sometimes had just three or four hours sleep. The more he learned, the greater interest he felt. A math teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and allowed him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he got the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he had been a regular boy of the school.
Jack struggled through six long years with his study of math and wrote several articles, which captured the attention of some university professors. The teachers appreciated his talent as well as his diligence. To give him a better chance, they hired him as a librarian. Jack was very happy. For he felt that there was a bright future before him. What can we learn from the passage